Uncle Iroh? Is that you?

TIL in some places in the world, the tea is brewed for you instead of just giving you a cup of hot water and a tea bag.

In my experience those milk/bubble tea places purposefully over brew the tea so you can taste it against all the flavors they mix it with. Like how Starbucks brews espresso that tastes like car tires so it stands up against a milk shake.

I had green tea once from Dutch Bros and it was so, so bitter without enough honey. Terrible. Not worth paying for. I bring a tea bag with me if I go out for breakfast. The diner doesn't usually screw up hot water.

What do you mean when you say tea place?

I live in the US where no one knows how to make tea. If i go to a tea place, it's somewhere that have gaiwan and not single tea-nappy (teabag) in the store. The 6+ in my city have all been good to excellent, they've all actually known how to make tea.

But outside of a dedicated teahouse, you have to assume that no one in the US can make a cup of tea.

It's definitely surprising how many coffee shops that sell fancy coffee (fancy as in single estate beans in pour overs) will still absolutely destroy a green tea by pouring boiling water from the drip machine and then overstepping it.

Overbrewed tea is great. I can taste the caffeine entering my bloodstream

I am also a big tea fan and have just too much of it. I really never get tea when out, I would never trust someone to do it for me. The exception is going to an old school teashop, like a Chinese place, where they really put time and effort into it. Otherwise, I will only have tea out if it's required because of travel or some such.

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